Malorie, Josh Malerman
Malorie, Josh Malerman
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Malorie
A Bird Box Novel

Author: Josh Malerman

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/21/2020


Synopsis

In the “fast-paced, frightening” (The New York Times Book Review) sequel to Bird Box, the inspiration for the record-breaking Netflix film starring Sandra Bullock, bestselling author Josh Malerman brings unseen horrors to life.

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • “Malorie is even more of a psychological thriller than Bird Box, and all the scarier for it.”—The Wall Street Journal

Twelve years after Malorie and her children rowed up the river to safety, a blindfold is still the only thing that stands between sanity and madness. One glimpse of the creatures that stalk the world will drive a person to unspeakable violence.

There remains no explanation. No solution.

All Malorie can do is survive—and impart her fierce will to do so on her children. Don’t get lazy, she tells them. Don’t take off your blindfold. AND DON’T LOOK.

But then comes what feels like impossible news. And with it, the first time Malorie has allowed herself to hope.

Someone very dear to her, someone she believed dead, may be alive.

Malorie has already lost so much: her sister, a house full of people who meant everything, and any chance at an ordinary life. But getting her life back means returning to a world full of unknowable horrors—and risking the lives of her children again.

Because the creatures are not the only thing Malorie fears: There are the people who claim to have caught and experimented on the creatures. Murmerings of monstrous inventions and dangerous new ideas. And rumors that the creatures themselves have changed into something even more frightening.

Malorie has a harrowing choice to make: to live by the rules of survival that have served her so well, or to venture into the darkness and reach for hope once more.

About The Author

Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Unbury Carol and Inspection. Malerman lives in Michigan with his fiancée, the artist/musician Allison Laakko.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on November 19, 2020

oooh, goodreads choice awards finalist for best horror 2020! what will happen? possible oblique spoilers for Bird Box. i wouldn't have thought that Bird Box needed a sequel six years later (and 2 years after the disappointing—YEAH, I SAID IT—netflix adaptation), but here we are and here it is and hon......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 26, 2022

When I first hear about one of my favorite apocalyptic horror read’s sequel is coming out I asked myself: is it really necessary? I was already happy with the outcome: even though it was evasive, questioning but still promising. Well, I’m getting my words back! I hate the movie adaptation of Netflix......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on March 10, 2021

I’m thinking maybe this series just isn’t for me 🤷‍♀️ “Just because she’s taken every precaution to avoid the creatures, actual people have always been and will always be just as bad.” So I was in the minority with Bird Box. I loved it up until the end where it just wasn’t enough for me. When I hea......more

Goodreads review by Bel on August 01, 2020

o conceito de ler esse livro no meio de uma PANDEMIA......more

Goodreads review by Gabby on August 30, 2020

I loved this. I read this entire book in one day because I couldn’t put it down. After loving Bird Box I was pretty stoked about this sequel, but then I saw some mixed reviews coming in and I didn’t want to get my hopes up too high and get let down, but this book was everything I wanted it to be and......more


Quotes

“Utterly compelling . . . Malerman balances the novel’s various elements—family drama, road novel, supernatural thriller—with skill and genuine compassion for his characters and their blighted lives.” The Washington Post
 
“[An] epic journey”Entertainment Weekly
 
“Scarily prescient . . . Malorie amplifies the fears of Bird Box tenfold.”SyFy Wire
 
“Malerman’s narrative matches the twists and tension of the first novel, and readers are likely to leave this book sufficiently shaken. The popularity of Bird Box and the ubiquity of the 2018 Netflix adaptation all but guarantee high demand for this outstanding second foray into monsters and madness.”Booklist (Starred Review)
 
“Essential worldbuilding is seamlessly interwoven in a narrative paired with enlightening flashbacks into Malorie’s childhood, making this a solid stand-alone. Malerman will no doubt add to his legions of fans with this title ripe for readers of any genre seeking an intensely thrilling ride.”Library Journal

“You know how you sometimes begin a series on Netflix and you tell yourself ‘I’m just going to watch one episode’ but ten hours later you’ve binged the entire series because the story is so relentlessly compelling? This is the book version of that experience. Not only did I read this book in one sitting, it still haunts me, swirling in my imagination even as I write this.”—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“Malerman is one of the most intelligent writers of horror fiction working today. His books approach literary fiction, and each feels like an instant classic.”Bookreporter
 
“Once Malerman hits the gas you better hang on tight, because he doesn’t let up until the stunning finish.”—Philip Fracassi, author of Behold the Void
 
“Malerman masterfully evokes apocalyptic horrors via understatement and suggestion while facilitating suspension of disbelief through nuanced characterization and thoughtful worldbuilding.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)


Awards

  • Bram Stoker Awards